🌧️ #Precipitation ➡️ #StipaBreviflora 🟰 Effects❓
Place: #DesertSteppe
Results:
Precipitation⬆️, net photosynthetic rate & transpiration rate & stomatal conductance & aboveground biomass carbon content & aboveground biomass nitrogen ⬆️, stable carbon isotope values ⬇️.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae112

#StipaBreviflora, as a keystone species, plays a crucial role in maintaining the stability of the desert steppe. Yuan-Yuan Cui et al. found that Increased #Precipitation weakens the role of S. breviflora as the keystone species in a #DesertSteppe in #InnerMongolia, China.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae112

Mu Lan et al. investigated the effects of warming and increased precipitation on soil C cycling in a temperate desert steppe of Inner Mongolia using metagenomic sequencing. The results suggest that warming is beneficial to soil C storage while increased precipitation negatively affects soil C sequestration.
#CarbonCycling #DesertSteppe #FunctionalGenes
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae003